. >> last quick thought, rumors or whispers this chris christie was going to get booed at cpac when he took the podium today. turns out he got a standing ovation. so that kind of tells you maybe the conservative movement is kind of looking for that one guy that can -- >> i think, you know, that's good, that perhaps anybody thought they thought they would boo, dana, decided not to. >> i think some pent-up media treatment of chris christie, and some people think it was unfair. i think the pre-speech spin for christie was very good. i think -- i didn't watch the speeches because i was traveling and i watched all the people's commentary for all the speeches when it came through, rubio, cruz, paul ryan this morning, and i think that this is -- it's a red meat kind of day. people love it, eric, even though you're not a red meat eater but we're working on that and then you can go to cpac. that's what it's going to be. >> all right. >> i think i've just hit upon what i needed. >> bob, before i let jesse pounce on you, what do you have to say for yourself, gentleman, to my left? >> this is my f